Dinosaurs under the Big Sky

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What Dinosaurs Roamed in Montana?

For amateur collectors, budding paleontologists, and anyone interested in the dinosaurs that once roamed Montana, this book describes the different species known to have lived in Montana. Written by a world-renowned paleontologist, Dinosaurs under the Big Sky recreates their world, explains the historical background, and gives the reader insight into how scientists really do their work. This 7 1/2" x 9 1/2" paperback has 195 pages with tons of color photographs and illustrations. See table of contents at the bottom of this page. Jack Horner, author.

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Dinosaurs under the Big SkyTable of Contents

1. Introduction

1

Amateur Paleontology

3

Who Owns the Land and the Fossils?

4

Recording Your Discoveries

5

The Purpose of Museums

8

Monetary Value of Dinosaur Fossils

10

Scientific Language and Classification

11

Latin and Greek, The Languages of Paleontology

11

Classification and the Relationships of Dinosaurs

12

2. Stories in the Rocks

16

Geological Time

16

Montana's Geology

19

Taphonomy

28

Articulated Skeletons

30

Associated Skeletal Remains

31

Bonebeds

32

Microsites

34

Isolated Bones

35

Preservation of Dinosaur Fossils

36

Skeletal Remains

36

Soft Tissue

37

Footprints

39

Eggs and Nests

40

Coprolites and Gizzard Stones

43

3. History of Dinosaur Collecting in Montana

44

4. Mesozoic History of Montana and Vicinity

60

Triassic Time, Scythian Stage

61

Jurassic Time, Kimmeridgian Stage

61

Cretaceous Time

63

Early Cretaceous Time, Aptian/Albian Stages

63

Middle Cretaceous Time, Turonian Stage

68

Late Cretaceous Time, Santonian Stage

69

Late Cretaceous Time, Campanian Stage

70

Late Cretaceous Time, Maastrichtian Stage

76

Latest Cretaceous Time, Maastrichtian Stage

77

5. Dinosaurs and Other Mesozoic Fossils of Montana

81

Jurassic Dinosaurs of Montana

85

Late Jurassic, Morrison Formation

86

Ornithischian Dinosaurs

87

Saurischian Dinosaurs

89

Nondinosaurian Vertebrate Fossils from the Morrison Formation of Montana

92

Cretaceous Dinosaurs of Montana

92

Early Cretaceous, Cloverly Formation

93

Ornithischian Dinosaurs

93

Saurischian Dinosaurs

97

Common Nondinosaurian Fossils from the Cloverly Formation

99

Late Cretaceous, Two Medicine Formation

100

Ornithischian Dinosaurs

101

Hadrosauridae (Duck-bill Dinosaurs)

101

Pachycephalosauridae (Dome-headed Dinosaurs)

106

Protoceratopsidae

107

Ceratopsidae

108

Ankylosauridae (Armored Dinosaurs)

110

Saurischian Dinosaurs

111

Common Nondinosaurian Vertebrate Fossils from the Two Medicine Formation

116

Late Cretaceous, Judith River Formation

117

Ornithischian Dinosaurs

118

Saurischian Dinosaurs

122

Common Nondinosaurian Vertebrate Fossils from the Judith River Formation